146 The Irish Natufalisf. June, 



Wherever a boat was available it was always placed at my dis- 

 posal, and that with a cheeiy readiness which made the kindness 

 seem the greater. Nay, further, if anyone had no boat of his 

 own to lend he was more than ready to lend his neighbour's ! 

 But even with this welcome assistance many waters proved 

 inaccessible, and many lakes outside our reach. There is 

 much work to be done still amongst the Characeae of County 

 Monaghan. 



The Palace, Ely. 



IRISH SOCIETIES, 



ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



On the 20th May, the uew " Roberts " House for Lions and Tigers was 

 opened by the Ivord Lieutenant in the presence of a large company 

 including many Officers of the German Fleet. 



Recent gifts inchide five Toads from Mr. H. Waterhouse, a Badger 

 from Mrs. Burns Lindow, a Gannet from ]\Ir. Prescott, a White Badger 

 from the Marquess of Winchester, a Great Crested Grebe from Mr. W. P. 

 H. L. Vaughan, and a Sooty Monkey from Mr. D. A. Donovan. 



DUBLIN MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



March 12. — The Club met at Leinster House. 



Mr. Greenwood Pim showed sections of the extremely rugose lip of 

 the Orchid Pleiirothallis Razli, shown by Mr. Moore at the last meeting: 

 The rugosity was seen to be due to prolongation of the epidermal 

 tissue into a kind of pyramids resembHng mountains, as drawn on a 

 physical map, or the peculiar texture of a Shetland wool shawl. 

 Scattered about through the substance of the lip, which was nearly 

 cylindrical, were small masses of cells with thickened walls, the 

 thickening taking a scaloriform pattern— a very unusual type of cell 

 except in the ferns. 



Mr. Moore showed flowers of Pleiirothallis asit'opkora, a very rare and 

 diminutive Orchid. The flowers are very minute and have a peculiar, 

 lustrous appearance due to the presence of empty cells^ which protrude 

 above the cells containing coloured sap on the inner surface of the 

 segments. 



Mr Carpenter showed a new species of CoUembolan collected in 

 the Antarctic Continent (Geikie Land) by the Newnes-Borchgrevink 

 Expedition. 



